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{{short description|Cuban long jumper}}
{{family name hatnote|Pedroso|Soler|lang=Spanish}} 
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{{Medal|Comp|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold |[[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump|Long jump]]}}
{{Medal|Comp|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics|1995 Gothenburg]]|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump|Long jump]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics|1997 Athens]]|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump|Long jump]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics|1999 Sevilla]]|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump|Long jump]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics|2001 Edmonton]]|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump|Long jump]]}}
{{Medal|Comp|[[IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics|World Indoor Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1993 Toronto]]|[[1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's long jump|Long jump]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1995 Barcelona]]|[[1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's long jump|Long jump]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1997 Paris]]|[[1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's long jump|Long jump]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1999 Maebashi]]|[[1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's long jump|Long jump]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2001 Lisbon]]|[[2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's long jump|Long jump]]}}
{{Medal|Comp|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1995 Pan American Games|1995 Mar del Plata]]|[[Athletics at the 1995 Pan American Games|Long jump]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1999 Pan American Games|1999 Winnipeg]]|[[Athletics at the 1999 Pan American Games|Long jump]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2003 Pan American Games|2003 Santo Domingo]]|[[Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games|Long jump]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[1991 Pan American Games|1991 Havana]]|[[Athletics at the 1991 Pan American Games|Long jump]]}}
{{Medal|Comp|[[Central American and Caribbean Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1998 Central American and Caribbean Games|1998 Maracaibo]]|[[Athletics at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games|Long jump]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2006 Central American and Caribbean Games|2006 Cartagena]]|[[Athletics at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games|Long jump]]}}
{{Medal|Comp|[[Summer Universiade]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1997 Summer Universiade|1997 Catania]]|[[Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade|Long jump]]}}
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'''Iván Lázaro Pedroso Soler''' ({{IPA|es|iˈβam peˈðɾoso}}; born December 17, 1972) is a retired Cuban [[track and field]] athlete, who specialized in the [[long jump]],<ref>{{ Citation | last = Nápoles Cardoso| first = Eddy Luis| date = Feb 23, 2010| title = Latinoamerica También Tiene Medallas A La Sombra| url = http://www.atletismoperuano.com/internacionales/latinoamerica-tambien-tiene-medallas-a-la-sombra| publisher = Atletismo Peruano | language = es| access-date = Mar 25, 2012}}</ref> and the current coach of [[Nelson Évora]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Atletismo: Nélson Évora treinado por Ivan Pedroso |url=http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/modalidades/salto-em-comprimento/atletismo-nelson-evora-treinado-por-ivan-pedroso |website=www.maisfutebol.iol.pt |language=pt}}</ref> [[Yulimar Rojas]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympic silver medalist Yulimar Rojas signs with FC Barcelona athletics team |url=https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/news/813992/olympic-silver-medalist-yulimar-rojas-signs-with-fc-barcelona-athletics-team# |website=www.fcbarcelona.com |language=en}}</ref> and [[Jordan Díaz (triple jumper)|Jordan Díaz]].

==Career==

Pedroso was born in [[Havana]], Cuba. In July 1990, aged just 17, Pedroso jumped more than eight meters for the first time. Facing tough competition from [[Carl Lewis]], [[Mike Powell (athlete)|Mike Powell]] and others, he still won numerous [[gold medal]]s in international competitions in the early nineties. He almost never finished in less than first place. When Powell and Lewis retired, Pedroso became a dominant athlete, winning numerous [[IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics|indoor]] and [[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|outdoor World Championships]]. In fact he won all major championships from 1997 to 2001, including an Olympic gold medal in [[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Sydney]].

At altitude in [[Sestriere]] in 1995, Iván Pedroso jumped 8.96 meters with a measured wind of +1.2. This would have been the [[List of world records in athletics|world record]], beating [[Mike Powell (athlete)|Mike Powell]] by one centimeter. However, the [[Italy|Italian]] Athletics Federation did not forward the result to the [[International Association of Athletics Federations|IAAF]] for ratification, since the wind mark was declared invalid, because a person stood in front of the [[anemometer]], probably intercepting the correct wind measurement.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/04/sports/track-and-field-pedroso-s-world-mark-in-long-jump-in-doubt.html TRACK AND FIELD; Pedroso's World Mark In Long Jump in Doubt], [[New York Times]], August 4, 1995</ref>

Despite his great success in the World Championships, due to injuries, he did not make a great impact on the Olympic Games like former rival Carl Lewis. He did finish fourth at the age of 19 in [[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Barcelona 1992]], but in [[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Atlanta 1996]] he had injury troubles and could only finish 12th in the long jump final. In the 2000 Olympics (Sydney), Pedroso spectacularly won the gold medal with his last jump. In a tough contest at the [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump|2004 Olympics]], he finished 7th. Pedroso has not entered in any major championships since, although he still had several jumps over 8 metres.

On 26 September 2007, Pedroso announced his retirement.

His best jump was officially 8.71 meters, in [[Salamanca]] 1995.<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/letter=0/athcode=4205/index.html IAAF Athlete Biography] - [[IAAF]] website, August 20, 2008</ref>

He is the coach of 2013 Triple Jump World Champion, [[Teddy Tamgho]], 2020 Olympic Champion [[Yulimar Rojas]] and 2024 Olympic Champion [[Jordan Díaz (triple jumper)|Jordan Díaz]]. Pedroso is a cousin of the hurdler [[Aliuska López]].

==Achievements==

{| {{AchievementTable}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{CUB}}
|-
|rowspan=2|1990
|[[1990 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics#Male Junior A .28under 20.29|Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)]]
|[[Havana]], Cuba
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|7.74 m <small>(+0.3&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|[[1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]] 
|[[Plovdiv]], Bulgaria
| 4th
|[[1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump|7.81 m]]  <small>(-0.2&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|rowspan=2|1991
|[[1991 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships|Pan American Junior Championships]]
|[[Kingston, Jamaica]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|8.08 m
|-
|[[Athletics at the 1991 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]
|[[Havana]], Cuba
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|[[Athletics at the 1991 Pan American Games – Men's long jump|7.96 m]]
|-
|rowspan=3|1992
|[[1992 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics|Ibero-American Championships]]
|[[Seville]], Spain
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[1992 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics – Results#Long jump|8.53 m]] {{AthAbbr|CR}} <small>(+1.6&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|[[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Barcelona]], Spain
| 4th
|[[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump|8.11 m]] <small>(-0.8&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|[[1992 IAAF World Cup|World Cup]]
|[[Havana]], Cuba
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|[[1992 IAAF World Cup results#Long jump|7.97 m]]<ref name="World Cup">Representing the Americas.</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|1993
|[[1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]] 
|[[Toronto]], Canada
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|[[1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's long jump|8.23 m]]
|-
|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Stuttgart]], Germany
| {{AthAbbr|NM}}
|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump|—]]
|-
|rowspan=4|1995
|[[1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]] 
|[[Barcelona]], Spain
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|[[1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's long jump|8.51 m]] {{AthAbbr|CR|World Indoor Championships}}
|-
|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Gothenburg]], Sweden
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump|8.70 m]] <small>(+1.6&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|[[Athletics at the 1995 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]] 
|[[Mar del Plata]], Argentina
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|[[Athletics at the 1995 Pan American Games – Men's long jump|8.50 m]]
|-
|[[1995 IAAF Grand Prix Final|IAAF Grand Prix Final]]
|[[Monte Carlo]], Monaco
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|8.49 m
|-
|1996
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Atlanta]], United States
|12th
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump|7.75 m]]
|-
|rowspan=5|1997
|[[1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]] 
|[[Paris]], France
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|[[1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's long jump|8.51 m]] {{AthAbbr|CR|World Indoor Championships}}
|-
|[[1997 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics|Central American and Caribbean Championships]]
|[[San Juan, Puerto Rico]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|8.54 m {{AthAbbr|w}}
|-
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Athens]], Greece
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump|8.42 m]] <small>(+0.1&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|[[Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade|Universiade]] 
|[[Catania]], Italy
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|[[Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Men's long jump|8.40 m]] {{AthAbbr|GR|Universiade}}
|-
|[[1997 IAAF Grand Prix Final|IAAF Grand Prix Final]]
|[[Fukuoka, Fukuoka|Fukuoka]], Japan
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|8.53 m
|-
|rowspan=3|1998
|[[Athletics at the 1998 Goodwill Games|Goodwill Games]]
|[[Uniondale, New York|Uniondale]], United States
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[Athletics at the 1998 Goodwill Games – Results#Long jump|8.54 m]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games|Central American and Caribbean Games]] 
|[[Maracaibo]], Venezuela
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|[[Athletics at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games – Results#Long jump|8.45 m]] {{AthAbbr|CR}}
|-
|[[1998 IAAF World Cup|World Cup]]
|[[Johannesburg]], South Africa
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|[[1998 IAAF World Cup results#Long jump|8.37 m]]<ref name="World Cup"/>
|-
|rowspan=4|1999
|[[1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]] 
|[[Maebashi]], Japan
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|[[1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's long jump|8.62 m]] {{AthAbbr|CR|World Indoor Championships}}
|-
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Seville]], Spain
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump|8.56 m]] <small>(+1.1&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|[[Athletics at the 1999 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]] 
|[[Winnipeg]], Canada
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|[[Athletics at the 1999 Pan American Games – Men's long jump|8.52 m]]
|-
|[[1999 IAAF Grand Prix Final|IAAF Grand Prix Final]]
|[[Munich]], Germany
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|8.43 m
|-
|2000
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]
|[[Sydney]], Australia
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump|8.55 m]] <small>(+0.4&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|rowspan=3|2001
|[[2001 World Indoor Championships in Athletics|World Indoor Championships]] 
|[[Lisbon]], Portugal
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|[[2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's long jump|8.43 m]]
|-
|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Edmonton, Alberta|Edmonton]], Canada
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump|8.55 m]] <small>(+1.2&nbsp;m/s)</small> 
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2001 Goodwill Games|Goodwill Games]] 
|[[Brisbane]], Australia
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|[[Athletics at the 2001 Goodwill Games – Results#Long jump|8.16 m]]
|-
|2002
|[[2002 IAAF World Cup|World Cup]]
|[[Madrid]], Spain
|bgcolor=silver| 2nd
|[[2002 IAAF World Cup results#Long jump|8.19 m]] <small>(+0.6&nbsp;m/s)<ref name="World Cup"/></small>
|-
|rowspan=2|2003
|[[Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]] 
|[[Santo Domingo]], Dominican Republic
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|[[Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games – Men's long jump|8.23 m]]
|-
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Paris]], France
|{{AthAbbr|NM}} (q)
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump|—]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2004
|[[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]] 
|[[Budapest]], Hungary
| 8th
|[[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's long jump|8.09 m]]
|-
|[[2004 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics|Ibero-American Championships]]
|[[Huelva]], Spain
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|[[2004 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics – Results#Long jump|7.78 m]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Athens]], Greece
| 7th
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump|8.23 m]] <small>(+0.7&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|2006
|[[Athletics at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games|Central American and Caribbean Games]] 
|[[Cartagena de Indias|Cartagena]], Colombia
|bgcolor=silver| 2nd
|[[Athletics at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games – Men's long jump|7.92 m]]
|-
|2007
|[[Athletics at the 2007 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]] 
|[[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil
| 4th
|[[Athletics at the 2007 Pan American Games – Men's long jump|7.86 m]]
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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